Top 200 Emily Giffin Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Life is about the gray areas. Things are seldom black and white, even when we wish they were and think they should be, and I like exploring this nuanced terrain.”

— Emily Giffin

52. “Really-nothing is unforgivable if you truly love someone.”

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53. “In the end, you can slap a pretty label on it – like serendipity or fate. Or you can believe that it’s just the random way life unfolds.”

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54. “What every girl dreams of when she’s dumped is – that the guy will someday feel regrest and come back and tell her all about it. And the beauty of it is you have no regrets whatsoever.”

— Emily Giffin

55. “One way isn’t better than the other; they’re just different.”

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56. “Throw in the intensity of emotions that come with that bittersweet summer sandwiched between high school graduation and the rest of your life...”

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57. “We are in love and meant to be together.”

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58. “We are one of those couples i used to watch, thinking to myself that I’d never be on the inside of something so special. I remember reassuring myself that it probably looked nicer than it actually was, I am happy to be wrong about that.”

— Emily Giffin

59. “Blurring the line between friendship and attraction was a surefire to lose a friend.”

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60. “Sure, we were friends who exchanged soulful glances, friends who slept in a bed filled with sexual tension, friends who found any excuse to touch, but I worried that we’d never take that perilous leap of faith toward becoming a real couple, a permanent team.”

— Emily Giffin

61. “The whole “misery loves company” thing never applies more than when you’re breaking up. The thought that the other person is doing fine is simply too much to bear.”

— Emily Giffin

62. “There are people and places and events you’d prefer to forget or at least gloss over. In the end, you can slap a pretty label on it – like serendipity or fate. Or you can believe that it’s just the random way life unfolds.”

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63. “His loyalty, so fierce and unwavering, makes my eyes water and heart ache.”

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64. “Well, because sometimes you love someone but they might not be the right person for you. That takes some time to figure out.”

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65. “Because sometimes you just can’t see the things that are the closest to you.”

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66. “There are no absolutes in relationships. You can’t take anything for granted. You can count on absolutely nothing but the unexpected. You only get in trouble when you start thinking that you’re some kind of exception to the rule.”

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67. “The person who wants out of the relationship always gets her way.”

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68. “I still think I love him more. It’s one of those things you never know for certain because there’s no way to enter all the relationship data in a computer and have it spit out a definitive answer. You can’t quantify love, and if you try, you wind up focusing on misleading factors.”

— Emily Giffin

69. “Even if we no longer have much in common, we would have always had the past, which, in some ways, is just as important as the present or future. It is where we come from, what makes us who we are.”

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70. “Surely he knows we are all watching. That I am watching. It is always that way when you are in a group and someone decides to go for a swim or walk to the water. The ocean is a giant stage. It is natural that the others watch, if only for a moment.”

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71. “I love him wholly and unconditionally and without reservation. I love him enough to sacrifice a friendship. I love him enough to accept my own happiness and use it, in turn, to make him happy back.”

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72. “Well, shoes, bags and clutches are usually my big weaknesses – my husband always laughs when I call them ’investment pieces.”

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73. “My name is Kirby Rose, and I’m adopted. I don’t mean to make it sound like an AA confession, although sometimes that’s how people take it, like it’s something they should be supportive about. I just mean that they are two basic facts about me.”

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74. “Love as a verb. Love as a commitment.”

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75. “But one thing I have to say about Darcy and dating is this: she never blew us off for a guy. She always put her friends first- which is an amazing thing for a high school girl to do.”

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76. “And like a favorite old movie, sometimes the sameness in a friend is what you like the most about her.”

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77. “It was the same night I gave myself to him completely, knowing that I would belong to him for as long as he wanted to keep me. And, as it turned out, even longer than that.”

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78. “Sorrow comes with so many defense mechanisms. You have your shock, your denial, your getting wasted, your cracking jokes, and your religion. You also have the old standby catchall – the blind belief in fate, the whole “things happening for a reason” drill.”

— Emily Giffin

79. “I don’t break up, I trade up.”

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80. “Love is seldom – almost never – an even proposition. Someone always loves more.”

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81. “You can love someone you mistrust.”

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82. “No scratch the word “career”. Careers are people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck. This is merely a job. I can take or leave this place. I start to imagine quitting and following my yet-to-be-determined passion.”

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83. “My head spins as I glance away, refusing to get sucked back into his gaze when so much is at risk.”

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84. “In the final seconds before sleep, I wish I could go back and undo everything, give those little girls another chance.”

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85. “I try to write about real women, real people – in other words flawed characters.”

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86. “Love is the sum of our choices, the strength of our commitments, the ties that bind us together.”

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87. “The worst is when someone in your past trumps the person in your present, and you think to yourself: if I’d known this, then maybe I wouldn’t have let him go.”

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88. “Although I’m sure there are plenty of tall, gorgeous, life-of-the-party guys who are also true to their wives, I happen to believe that a disproportionate number of them are cheaters.”

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89. “But now we have time. Endless time stretches before us.”

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90. “And although one broken heart doesn’t make me an expert in the subject, I believe you need both things – time and an emotional replacement – to fully mend one.”

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91. “My wants are simple: a job that I like and a guy whom I love.”

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92. “I think it’s important to try to be present with whatever it is you’re doing. And if you can’t be present, take a break.”

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93. “I had never understood what people meant when they said they’d rather be alone if they couldn’t be in the right relationship. Now I got it.”

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94. “I try to recognize that there is no such thing as having it all – and it’s impossible to be perfect. You just have to let certain things go.”

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95. “No matter what the circumstances. I am more like most men in this regard. No second chances. It’s not so much about morality, but about my inability to forgive. I’m a champion grudge holder, and I don’t think I could change this about myself even if I wanted to.”

— Emily Giffin

96. “What appeals to you the most is the very thing that will drive you crazy.”

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97. “It’s a funny thing – when I’m crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of a long weekend with them, the very thing I need to relax is a little work and time away from them!”

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98. “I will find the good in this loss. I will make something happen that wouldn’t have happened otherwise.”

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99. “Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!”

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100. “He threw in the towel before we were tested. Maybe because he didn’t want to be tested. Maybe because he assumed we would fail. Maybe because, at the time, he just didn’t love me enough.”

— Emily Giffin